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I’ve updated the ‘pillows, etc.’ section with these new items. Both arrived last week from CDJapan. Here is a close up of Ryomou and another of Kanu. Looks like I’m ready for the next beach party. 

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Here are some pics of the items I picked up last month. I think this will be the last month that I’ll have a bunch of figures. Some of these were from AX and SDCC of course, so it has kind of skewed things a bit. I really need to trim down the number of new figures I’ve been getting, mainly due to lack of space above anything else. Some folks who buy tons and tons of figures each month and every month I have to wonder where they put them. I’ve kind of made it a policy that if I can’t display it, I can’t buy it. This was great while I was still filling out the new display cases, but now it’s getting crowded in there. As you can see, I’ve got more Ikki Tousen goodness here. Can’t have enough Mou-chan. Speaking of which, that seems to be the general theme this month when you factor in the new pillow cover (front side and back side), the IT: Shining Dragon PS2 game and the DVDs. The DVDs include IT:DD volume 2 (with the First Press poster), the Kiddy Grade ‘movie’ no. 1 with box (because I love boxes) and Claymore vol. 1 LE (because “Claymore is cool”). Also in there is Aika R-16 OVA volume 2 which I had pre-ordered before I heard that Bandai Entertainment had picked up both the old series and this new one (announced at AX). In the print world I picked up the usual Megami and Comic Gum (came with another promo DVD) along with the Megazone 23 23rd anniversary edition art book. Had to order away for this one since it never showed up at the local Kinokuniya bookstore. The Megazone 23 book is only for part 1 as they are also promoting the new PS2 game which takes an alternative spin-off story, ignoring parts 2 & 3. I could do without part 3, but it would be cool if they did an art book like this for part 2. We’ll just have to wait and see.

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The ‘Pillows, etc’ section has been updated with this latest acquisition. I picked this one up from CDJapan, though it is now listed as out-of-print on their site. You can still find them listed on Yahoo!Japan auctions however. Here is a close-up of side one and side two. From what I have found in my local area Bed, Bath & Beyond (in the ‘Beyond’ section of course) and other such stores, the full body (hugging) pillows that are sold here are just a bit too small length-wise. The cover is 150 cm long/tall and the pillows I have found reach just about 135-140 cm long/tall. I may shop around some more just to see what I can find.

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I don’t normally buy video games, but since Ikki Tousen is my main ‘guilty pleasure’ show, I decided to pick up the LE version of the new Dragon Destiny game ‘Shining Dragon’. The game comes in a cardboard sleeve with the game case (which comes with two discs) and a second case for the bonus disc. Also included is a booklet with Mou-chan on the cover. I believe that there was a first press item(s?) for this, but I got mine from Play Asia and they don’t have a good system for that kind of thing.

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I recently got in a new batch of DVD cases done by custom DVD case maker Paul Champagne. Though these are all anime cases, Paul does a large number of both anime and live-action titles alike. Here are some close-up shots from the top, spine, side 1 and side 2. You can see many of these types of cases displayed in the various collection shots here.

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